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Job Description:

This role is situated within the **Application Networking and Security (ANS)**Business Unit at Broadcom. As a key member of the Avi Load Balancer team, you will be responsible for delivering innovative, performant, and software-defined solutions that redefine application delivery and security for the multi-cloud era.

Key Responsibilities

• Data Path Development:

Design and implement high-performance packet processing data paths in C/C++ to handle Layer 7 traffic efficiently

• ADC Feature Development:

Develop L7 functionality, including HTTP/2, HTTP/3, SSL/TLS termination, content switching, caching, compression, and request/response rewriting.

• Performance Optimization:

Optimize the data path to support massive scaling, focusing on CPU utilization, packet handling, and memory management.

• Security Integration:

Implement Layer 7 security features such as Web Application Firewall (WAF), rate limiting, API Security etc.

• Protocol Analysis & Troubleshooting:

Debug complex networking issues at the application layer, using tools to analyze traffic flows and identify bottlenecks.

Required Skills and Qualifications

• Experience:

Requires 13+ years of experience in networking, load balancing, and distributed systems.

• Programming:

Expert-level proficiency in C is essential for high-performance networking., Good Python, Go knowledge for developing Functional Automation.

• Networking Protocols:

Deep understanding of TCP/IP, HTTP/1.1/2/3, SSL/TLS and load balancing algorithms.

• Data Path Experience:

Experience with L7 Networking Protocols like HTTP/1.1, HTTP/2, gRPC etc , Linux networking stack, socket programming, or DPDK for fast packet processing.

• ADC Technologies:

Familiarity with modern ADC platforms

• Debugging:

Proficiency in debugging tools like gdb, tcpdump, and memory analyzers.

• Cursor Proficiency: Expert-level use of the Cursor AI Code Editor to navigate large networking codebases for multi-file edits and .cursor rules to enforce project-specific coding standards.
• AI-Augmented Development: Leverage AI coding assistants to rapidly prototype L7 traffic management features, refactor C/C++ data path code, and generate unit tests for complex protocol parsers.

Broadcom is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We will consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, disability status, medical condition, pregnancy, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. We will also consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records consistent with local law.If you are located outside USA, please be sure to fill out a home address as this will be used for future correspondence.